Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is employed to stow and trim or shift coal on board vessels, either as cargo or as a supply for the furnaces.
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Examples
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Petty pilfering and begging along the streets and docks, a trip or two to sea as mess-boy, a few trips more as coal-trimmer, and then, a full-fledged fireman, he had reached the top of his life.
Man and the Abyss 1903
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Petty pilfering and begging along the streets and docks, a trip or two to sea as mess-boy, a few trips more as coal-trimmer, and then a full-fledged fireman, he had reached the top of his life.
The People of the Abyss Jack London 1896
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Although his luck was bad in some respects, the coal-trimmer was endowed with the nine lives of a cat, for there could be no manner of doubt that he dragged himself aft just in time to avoid being killed.
The Captain of the Kansas Louis Tracy 1895
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Bound up in it are my poor Isobel, that beast, Ventana, and a drunken coal-trimmer.
The Captain of the Kansas Louis Tracy 1895
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a trip or two to sea as mess-boy, a few trips more as coal-trimmer, and then a full-fledged fireman, he had reached the top of his life.
A MAN AND THE ABYSS 2010
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